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The mythical ethereal tree balancing 9 parallel dimensions uniquely different to our own. In perfection the equilibrium of its natural power gives life to the heavens fruit to the earth and water to the stars. A holy reverent insignia a symbol of justice and order the tree itself is the embodiment of the individual soul of God. The root of the tree is indestructible and immortal. It's branches flourish thru the cosmos and it's splendor can be seen from the most far away star. Deep within a Heavenly Realm the tree has its resting place. Secluded and alone from the rest of the Heavenly host. Alone only God himself is allowed to visit it's hidden location. Three Querubins watch over the tree at all times never allowed to leave their post. This is known as the "Mother Tree" part of the core to God's soul.

The wisdom and freedom the tree itself carries is superior than the one God has. Henceforth, if the tree were to get destroyed somehow Gods immortality will seize to be. For the fruit that the tree carries grants it's consumer immortality and limitless power to control time, space, creation. The power of destruction is only given to those who have earned it thru endless evil delegated from deep within their corrupted soul.

The perfect creation a Querubin made in Grandiose Splendor... Insurmountable power yet inferior to his Creator. Deep within the Chariot Of God Lucifer plotted to take down God and take 4 million Angels from Gods heavenly Army. In total God had 12 million Angels protecting Heaven and its contents. So Lucifer being in the hierarchy bracket of the Angelic Host Beginning with the Master Angel known to be the primordial spirit also known as the Holy Spirit a being that Humans can feel Angels can't see or hear him but they can also feel multirealitic presence for he inhabits all the 9 parallel dimensions. He is the Main Chief Executive Master of All Angels Heavenly Creatures and Heavenly Host including Gods only begotten Son Jesus Christ. From a time when time and matter didnt exist antimatter was the only thing present in the Unique Dimension
That God alone and nothing resided there because is known as the Reflection Master Black Hole it means only God knows the code to enter this dimension separated from all the other 9 Dimensions for this are the 10th and 11th Dimension the 10th being a place so miniature and so undescribably small that his particle alone existed there. The 11th dimension a dimension that only God himself knows what's inside for it is told by an Ancient Rumor that there is something beyond eternity and immortality something beyond the scope of limits and limitations powers and imagination of even knowledge of all heavenly host combined even to Jesus it is not permitted to enter this realm for whatever is being held there puts his life at risk and his immortality at stake. For only Yahweh holds *Ultimatum Immortalis
or known as Ultimate Immortality the unique gift to live anywhere where his imagination and force of power is able to roam and create or destroy. Even it it's made from the massive unexplainable and inexplicable force that a supermassive black hole has. Pressure and Force unknown to man and for us to calculate even the smallest black hole in the universe its size force and power is mysteriously unexplicable and unobtainable now let's take a supermassive one which is out of our rational thinking and yet so much so more mysterious than the ordinary black hole. Knowing God alone all knowing and unknowning in the Multiverse the deepest most illusive and superior knowledge known to man and even God alike is who created the Book of Life there everything containing life has a word a meaning and a unique life attribute and death attribute vibration in the multiverse.  

The Only One containing neither attribute eeriely is God also known as Yahweh or Emmanuel and to some Creator. For eternity has not immortality and immortality supposedly has a destruction point and the final letters which are seven secret letters that unlock and relock dimension 11th to be opened or closed so that destruction won't consume all realms and God himself.

From then on nothing more is known to Angel, Demon, Man or Beast or Ethereal being...

Seven trillion years had passed since the beginning point of creation when God alone had created the dimensions >6.9< being his primordial creation the Son along with the Holy Spirit and in latter time came the Heavenly Beings and even later time extraterrestrial species and mankind. God ruled over all parts of the Heavenly Kingdom which consisted of 8 different parts. The Altar and Courtroom of God's heavenly host located in the North Side of the Heavens. The Majestic Garden placed in the Northeast of heavens. The palace of the Grandiose Predecessor God of the Old and Savior of all existence known to God himself as the Original God speculated to be the creator of the Book of Life who's immortal existence and Ultimatum Immortalis was destroyed by unknown reasons to all except Yahweh. This particular place is located in the Northwest of heavens. In the Southeast part of heaven lies all the heavenly creatures. Including 3 dragons with celestial beauty and tremendous power. The first Dragon had a Dark pigmentation and red smoke emanating from his body his eyes where red like the color of blood. The second one had transparent crystalline like skin and golden eyes. The Final Dragon was a small petite dragon flying I n between the two big dragons small in figure but very radiant in light he had 13 halos on his head and 12 wings... Five mighty beast like where also in the room. The first was a lion head with griffons wings and a rattle snake tail the second beast had a face of an eagle with a body of a cheetah and the tail of a scorpion the third had the face of a elephant with the body of a human being decorated with precious stones and mir. The last creature had the body of a giant with 8 arms and five legs he had a mysterious glowing mask on that revealed 4 faces each with a unique expression on their sculpture. From there there was a long corridor that lead to the southwest side of heaven in this place was a city made out of Gold the floor made out of platinum and it was really bright and shiny everywhere. I could see mansions as far as the eye could take you all prepared for the saved and rescued souls Jesus had gathered on Earth. From there we visited the South side of heaven where 12,000 Querubins 25,000 Seraphim's and 75,000 Messenger Angels gathered listening to Arch-Angel Nathaniel stood giving direct orders to all the Angels gathered. In the middle was a huge rupture on the floor that from what I heard Nathaniel say leads to one of the 8 Circles of Infernus the hellish realm of all condemned Angels who had revealed or betrayed God. It is said that God did not create hell but that it had always been there locked away and kept contained and under surveillance by all Warrior type Angels. The Angels that had been in missions and had taken a trip down to that Dark and Infernal place a place of pain and horror a place of solitude and no presence of God anywhere to be found the majority of them revealed or had turn their faith from God and became a Demon but the ones who had come back victorious and conquered within are a selected few and lived to tell the tale. As this speech was going on Lucifer was preparing to give out a speech in the throne room for him being Speaker Of the House and the the Second Commander of Platoon Squad Army of Angels composed of 1.8 mil Angels with the 2 other Arch Angels known as Jarvan and Krylinn. Arch Angel Jarvan is first in command then comes second in command Lucifer and lastly but not least the beautiful warrior angel known as Krylinn Elite Angel Squad #6 composed of 4 Arch Angels who took down a Legendary Beast in Infernus known as Inrah

Inrah resides in the 7th Circle of Hell...a collosal beast with tremendous power Part Demon and Part Angel it's a hybrid Demon 11 ft tall with 9 wings a small wing emanating from his head and four wings in his right side on his back and another four wings from the left side of his back.  Each wing had a natural element 2 made out of ice another 2 made out of fire another 2 made out of thunder and the last 2 made out of earth. The small wing made out of Shadow. From what the Angels could see Arch Angel Valerye Arch Angel Leona Arch Angel Krylinn and last member Arch Angel Sebastian. Each Arch Angel had a Legendary Equipment on Sebastian he weilded a Heavenly Crossbow with precious stones on it. A light armor to be able to move efficiently and quickly Sebastian is a Master Archer LvI for there being three levels of mastery in total and only 777 Angels made the cut to become a LvI Mastery Archer Angel. In the bracket of the Angelic hierarchy there is Levels of Power, Skill and Tactics. The Levels range from Messenger Angels range from Lv1-Lv150 max 200. Seraphim's range from Lv200 to 450max Lv. Querubin range from Lv400-750 and the unique couple known as Lucifer and Querubin Morrigan who's power ranges from Lv475 to Lv800 and Lucifer from Lv500 to Lv850. Arch Angels range from Lv500 to Lv1000. God's Lv? Lv?. The Son Jesus Christ has a power level of Lv1000 who he himself has Elite gear Legendary gear and lastly Juggernaut gear. His partner Arch Angel Leona she wilded a Heavenly sword shield and Special Heavenly Attributes to use a doppelganger. Her Armor was Legendary. Armor Levels Regular Lv1-150 Rare Lv150-300 Elite Lv300-375 Legendary Lv375-500 Master Lv500-800 and Unique Lv 800-1000.  The Third member of the Group Krylinn was wearing a hybrid armor made out of glass/blue crystals a specially made glass so powerful it's Lv is Unique. She was wearing a Heavenly gun with a Heavenly wip. Lastly the final member of the group Warrior Valerye also known as her nickname Grand Valkerye of the Heavens for her wings are slightly bigger and her body anatomy is muscular. She wore a platinum armor with a large Heavenly Sword. From what it seemed it was a two handed weapon. Each Arch Angel range from 6ft to 8ft rare ones 8 and a half. This Hybrid demon however could talk each of their Angelic Tribe Language...and they where all surprised. Inrah being from the Southwest side of heaven had revealed over 2 years ago and was never seen in Heaven anymore but now he had resurfaced more powerful and a total corrupted Arch Angel who's level was Lv502-747 now he possessed a Lv of 1000. There it floats slowly but directly toward the Angels ... About 400 ft away floating in mid air and slowly depending to the ground of Infernus. To the Left what seems like a Lunatic Army of Lesser demons all decapitated and a Demon Lord killed deep within a crater of Infernus. Telepathically the Hybrid demon Inrah said to them in their native Angelic lenguage "Come form a pact with me and obtain Ultimatum Immortalis by me consuming your delicate feeble and frail immortal link between you and the spirit of God...hahaha you cannot defeat me."

Valerye looks at Sebastian in an instant like .4 seconds Inrah disappears and reappears so quickly that his immediate attack punching Valerye in the face and leaving a small bruise and a cut...As soon as she put her eyes back into focus with Inrah he lays headless in the ground It was Lv4 Cosmic Light Arrow that hit him directly in the forehead...says Sebastian to Valerye who still rubbing her eyes due to the force of the punch...9 seconds later ...
Valerye: -Inside her head...I hear something as they where 366 ft away from Inrah who Sebastian and Krylinn checked his head and it was literally browned to pieces skull and all. Even his power level diminished slowly right after getting killed...or so they thought as much. Then Valerye quickly teleported directly in front of Inrah and suspected the worst his whole head was slowly rebuilding and reviving itself so before she even asked for help from the others they teleported directly to her location in front of Inrah. As his head was slowly yet increasing speed as time moved on from second to second so Krylinn took out her gun and shot him in the head about 100 times...then took out her special weapon the RocketGalacticGun equipped to be a minigun and a rocket launcher. So she used all her attacks on the body of the demon dispersing his body parts everywhere...it was a grotesque scene. The main part of the demon the torso was heavily damaged exposing parts of heart lungs and backbone. The wipp made huge holds with gushy wounds everywhere one lash hit Inrah so hard that it cut off his whole arm. They all looked at the extensive heavy damage they done to the Powerful ArchFiend. They all communicated to each other and agreed that Inrah's power level had hit 0 and they have waited 5 minutes for him to pull a stunt and reform but nothing so as soon as they come to agreement to leave the exact moment they decided that telepathically to each other Inrah pieces of flesh started to move and we're turning a metallic silverish goldish color. They tried to stop it but all of their attacks where somehow ineffective. Then they looked at the pieces all gathered in the ground they slowly started flossing and at first creating a small transparent shield slowly turning the color black till it was pitch black and huge about 25ft tall and 30ft wide. It then all the sudden standing in woe the Angels saw the horribly demonic ugly and ferocious zombie dragon. Green blue and red in color with soars all over the dragon licking fluid from the soars and this transparent white smoke coming from it. It had perfect denture but it was putrid and smelled like sewer waste and water. Yellowish black smudges and smears all over the dragons teeth. It roared and it's powerful battle cry made the Angels be a bit uneasy and scared to some degree...

The dragon with a whopping power level of 1000 yet Valerye a Lv 787 Berserk Warrior Angel couldn't dodge the attack of the monstrous dragon which spat a bubble of toxic liquids with a mixture of awful fumes that hit Valerye and she crashed to the ground...all the others came to her rescue...Sebastian using the Heavenly Crossbow Explosive Holy Rod Shots being the biggest and most heavy arrow with a powerful explosive ability creating a whole in it'd victims. The dragon oddly stood there calm and getting hit by the shots which where 5.  He shook his body as the last rod arrow hit him and wow only 1 stuck his body penetrating his body creating a wound and it gushing green thick with bluish lines liquid from its body. As Krylinn was hitting the dragon in the face causing it a couple lacerations. Trying to shot him in the Eye Krylinn gets smacked by the dragons hand and crashes to the ground cracking part of its armor. They telepathically get communicated by the dragon and he says "You shall not win this battle Angels for I have trained long and hard for 2 and a half years ever since I left heaven to seek for more complete power. Now you shall bear the fruits of my training. Now die...

*In the second part of this sequel we will review what happens to the Angels and with the speech Lucifer will conclude to give in Heaven in the Throne Room.
This is an Epic Poem/Tale similar to the epic poem Beowulf. However with different ending and different mechanics of how it was written. It's a Trilogy so therefore it has 3 parts to the sequel.
Aa Harvey Sep 2018
This is my Blood Bowl.


Thank you Games Workshop for giving us Blood Bowl;
I’ve played it all my life and I’ve completely re-written the rules.
It allows my imagination to run wild carrying a sword,
Attacking all sorts of creatures, whilst playing American Football.
It has magic, magic items and you may think it’s just for kids;
But without Blood Bowl,
I wouldn’t have imagined half of the things that I did.


People need a release from the real world;
Mine is found on a football pitch in the game of Blood Bowl.
People cheat, steal and bribe referees and do almost anything.
If you give this game to your kid,
They could imagine the impossible
And some day, maybe, write random poetry like me!  He, he.


…And now down to the pitch to see the kickoff!...


The humans line up against the bad boy orcs;
The dwarfs and elves are in support.
Chaos lords and chaos spawn (twisted creatures);
Rain down pain and death on the undead and the living.


The undead walk slowly, the goblins flee!
Rat Ogres and trolls are invading the pitch!
The referee blows his whistle to send the giant off!
The deadly dark elves chop the referee’s up with chainsaws,
Or use swords and axes, grenades and clubs.
They are all fighting to win the B.B.C. cup.


The Blood Bowl Championship;
It’s like the NFL Superbowl trophy.
I’ve made leagues and cups
And every single thing possible, just for fun; just for me.


The Official Blood Bowl Organization,
Try to make all weapons illegal, but oh no, no, no!
This is the sport of death!  
This is Blood Bowl!


Use spells and magic items and cause suffering;
The tiny snotling is beaten by the little Halfling.
The ***** in there somewhere, though nobody cares;
The Beastmen are just here to fight,
Whilst the gnomes laugh at the high elves hair.
Such pampered fools, in love with themselves;
Vanity and self-love?  That must be the elves.


Here comes a chaos dwarf, driving a steam roller;
He flattens the Fimir and another vampire.
The zombies are clueless and one fumbles the ball,
Before he is decapitated, by the Reikland Reavers’ Mighty Zug!


The ghoul’s are hungry for blood;
Here come the orks, the band of goffs.
Crazy *** gitz, just having a laugh.
Here are the sneaky Skaven to stab someone in the back.


Amazonian women are running around screaming,
Like the banshee’s and all sorts of scary demons.
The Sisters of Battle are from the future;
A bear charges at a Treeman and look!  There’s a little Gnoblar.


Giant bats, giant snails, giant rats and giant eagles,
Giant leeches, giant frogs, giant spiders and giant scorpions.
The norse are Vikings, (ranked titles include kings);
There’s a termagant from the year 40,000 and something.
There are space marines, and space wolf marines,
All armed to the teeth with weapons.


The genestealer’s steal genes to make new creatures/weapons;
There are evil gnomes, evil ewoks, ewoks and evil Treemen.
Lesser demons fight lesser goblins and run from the Lictor!
The werebear’s and werewolves fight the wolves and Saurus creatures.
There is no victor.


The skinks fire poisoned blowpipes at the Large beasts & minions.
Chaos Halflings beat up people on camels and horses
And they beat up Khemri with anything.
Mummies climb out of their crypts to bring death to the mutants;
The slayers are here to bring down the mighty bone giants.


The noble Brettonians see Blue and Pink Horrors running around;
Tyranids, Tyranid warriors and tyrants send people underground.
Dead now in this game of Blood Bowl; the game of death!
Witch elves are being hunted by Witch Hunters;
There’s only three left.


To the right is a Zoat fighting a huge Yeti.
A chaos human rides a chaos horse; look out Goddess Betty.
Greater demons bring down Griffons and **** the crazy monkeys;
The mushlings and snotrooms are simply fleeing and screaming.


Skeletons on skeletal horses, fight salamanders and satyrs.
Jabberwocks and Juggernauts,
Destroy Hydra’s with the Hydra’s own fire.
Chaos Warriors and Chaos human cowboys, slug it out with Gods;
Norse dwarves fight Nurgles rotter’s and nurgling’s fight ogres.


The slann were the originators of the game of Blood Bowl;
The Ushabti Tomb Kings come from Khemri to fight the robotic Tau.
Vostroyan drunks are fighting with Wood elves.
Oh my God!  That troglodyte really does smell!


Warhounds race Gladehounds and cyborg’s fight cyboar’s;
Big cats include tigers and lions, so we must quickly carry on.
A carrion is an undead bird and they are ****** huge!
The imperial guard are like the rebels in Terminator;
They are humans.


Kroxigor’s smash boney clubs & break Kroot’s predator-like heads;
Kislevite Horsemen and Cowboy’s ride horses onto the pitch.
Night goblin’s and forest goblin’s steal from all including the Eldar.
They are elves of the future and there are chaos space marines…

They have travelled far.


Every creature has come to take part in this game of football.
Its American football with death included; it’s so much fun!
Harpy fly above Haradhrim as a Necron breaks his own jaw;
He fell over when dodging the tomb scorpion’s claw.


Thrall and Wights march to battle on the pitch against the living;
Undead champions are leaders of death
And the minotaur’s eat the dead.  
Nobody knows who is winning.
Chimera and other daemonic beasts are really tough to ****, I see;
But that boar just exploded, thanks to the grenade…
Bye life, hello death; he, he.


Elementals are like Gods of earth, wind, water and fire.
Dragon ogres are going to **** anything that gets in their way!
Dreadnoughts are made to ****; there’s a wolf!
This undead one’s dire.
Dryad are small Treemen; there are some Elite Skaven!
Open fire!


Savage orcs fight sea elves as squig hopper’s bounce past randomly.
Ungor’s are little Beastmen, but there are still quite deadly.
Manticores destroy lizardmen and there’s a blood-soaked cold one.
Bull centaur’s charge at black orc’s,
Who are ganging up with a chaos champion.


Centaurs crash into carnosaur’s,
As Dark eldar fly down from their space ships.
Hobgoblins can’t be trusted; the thieving gits!
Orc leaders are warlords, bosses and big bosses too;
The Redemptionists are the priest from aliens 3 or aliens 2.
Whichever I can’t remember and haven’t got time to look;
Oh yeah let’s watch the game again and see who has got the ball.


Golem!  (phlegm!)  Golem!  No; not that one!
These golems are Flesh golem’s and some are made of stone.
They are creature of magic and are here to smack some heads;
And this is the end of the poem…

Dedicated to Games workshop (thank you) and the sport of death!


(C)2013 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Ne me sois pas marâtre, ô nature chérie,
Redonne un peu de sève à la plante flétrie
Qui ne veut pas mourir ;
Les torrents de mes yeux ont noyé sous leur pluie
Son bouton tout rongé que nul soleil n'essuie
Et qui ne peut s'ouvrir.

Air vierge, air de cristal, eau, principe du monde,
Terre qui nourris tout, et toi, flamme féconde,
Rayon de l'oeil de Dieu,
Ne laissez pas mourir, vous qui donnez la vie,
La pauvre fleur qui penche et qui n'a d'autre envie
Que de fleurir un peu !

Étoiles, qui d'en haut voyez valser les mondes,
Faites pleuvoir sur moi, de vos paupières blondes,
Vos pleurs de diamant ;
Lune, lis de la nuit, fleur du divin parterre,
Verse-moi tes rayons, ô blanche solitaire,
Du fond du firmament !

Oeil ouvert sans repos au milieu de l'espace,
Perce, soleil puissant, ce nuage qui passe !
Que je te voie encor,
Aigles, vous qui fouettez le ciel à grands coups d'ailes,
Griffons au vol de feu, rapides hirondelles,
Prêtez-moi votre essor !

Vents, qui prenez aux fleurs leurs âmes parfumées
Et les aveux d'amour aux bouches bien-aimées ;
Air sauvage des monts,
Encor tout imprégné des senteurs du mélèze,
Brise de l'océan où l'on respire à l'aise,
Emplissez mes poumons !

Avril, pour m'y coucher, m'a fait un tapis d'herbe ;
Le lilas sur mon front s'épanouit en gerbe,
Nous sommes au printemps.
Prenez-moi dans vos bras, doux rêves du poète,
Entre vos seins polis posez ma pauvre tête
Et bercez-moi longtemps.

**** de moi, cauchemars, spectres des nuits ! Les roses,
Les femmes, les chansons, toutes les belles choses
Et tous les beaux amours,
Voilà ce qu'il me faut. Salut, ô muse antique,
Muse au frais laurier vert, à la blanche tunique,
Plus jeune tous les jours !

Brune aux yeux de lotus, blonde à paupière noire,
Ô grecque de Milet, sur l'escabeau d'ivoire
Pose tes beaux pieds nus,
Que d'un nectar vermeil la coupe se couronne !
Je bois à ta beauté d'abord, blanche Théone,
Puis aux dieux inconnus.

Ta gorge est plus lascive et plus souple que l'onde ;
Le lait n'est pas si pur et la pomme est moins ronde,
Allons, un beau baiser !
Hâtons-nous, hâtons-nous ! Notre vie, ô Théone,
Est un cheval ailé que le temps éperonne ;
Hâtons-nous d'en user.

Chantons Io, péan ! ... mais quelle est cette femme
Si pâle sous son voile ? Ah ! C'est toi, vieille infâme !
Je vois ton crâne ras,
Je vois tes grands yeux creux, prostituée immonde,
Courtisane éternelle environnant le monde
Avec tes maigres bras !
Seth  Jun 2016
Unicorns and Stuff
Seth Jun 2016
I've been sitting here wondering
Conversing with the girls next to me about who they are going to take home tonight
Many of them don't have any cash so I spot them a 20
As any gentleman would do for the herein in destress
Right?

Wrong
These woman are not who they say they are
They've been taking over our brains
Because what you don't know is that they are actually aliens
I hope that they are aliens because at least they would come in peace

I've been thinking a lot about space travel
I want to go away for awhile
Take me to where there are unicorns and griffons and gnomes
A place that is magical
Because as of right now
I don't want to be in the United States of America
Because we can't decide between a women and a corrupt business man
To run our country
What does it matter anyway

Well all die one day and we won't know what's next until we do
So maybe just maybe we should all hold hands and somehow we could break the portal of life and death with our bonds
I am pretty sure that is just wishful thinking
I am going to miss you guys because I know that we are going to grow old and start dying off
That makes me sad

I've been thinking about going off the grid for awhile
Just taking my phone and smashing it into pieces so that my head can seem a little clearly
Because right now I'm really foggy and I don't have a broomstick to knock down all of the cobwebs

I'm sorry this one sounds a bit weird
It's been a rough day
Andrew Rymill Jun 2014
i klump in mod galoshes
among the enigma of raindrops
and catch metaphors
on the tip of my tongue.

Swallow into my soul
the beautiful unaccented verbiage.
as fragments of poems
wash down from the sky
in streams of kaleidoscopic complications.

As i tromp in puddles of letters
as i run down the wet serendipitous streets
of visionary realms...

Griffens hide under the umbrales
of trees glowering for they do
not like to be pelted
with the symbologies of deluges.

This make griffons mystifying
glowing leaves flutter chanting,
and skinny dip in the trellises of rain drops.
And at the end of all spelling.

i romp among the rays of the rainbows
that spring down the corridors of clouds
as unnamed poems stir & grow
up into the  clouds
and wait for the storm of creativity
to begin again in a paper sky.
and wait for the storms
of creativity to begin
and dispense  gems
to hide in heads
of uncanny eerie children
that greetings
fold space into verses
Uta  May 2018
Odd
Uta May 2018
Odd
Strangely she saw a cat with wings in the streets.

Strangely she saw a dragon walking in the middle of the town.

Strangely she saw griffons flying and big long serpents swimming in the water beneath a bridge.

Strangely she saw creatures shaped weirdly who simply walked together with other humans.

Strangely she thought she was going mad.

But really what was happening is that she just stood there in one place, strangely frozen, daydreaming.
I felt strange when writing this.
Comment down below and tell me what you think.
Sonnet.

C'est un large buffet sculpté ; le chêne sombre,
Très vieux, a pris cet air si bon des vieilles gens ;
Le buffet est ouvert, et verse dans son ombre
Comme un flot de vin vieux, des parfums engageants ;

Tout plein, c'est un fouillis de vieilles vieilleries,
De linges odorants et jaunes, de chiffons
De femmes ou d'enfants, de dentelles flétries,
De fichus de grand'mère où sont peints des griffons ;

- C'est là qu'on trouverait les médaillons, les mèches
De cheveux blancs ou blonds, les portraits, les fleurs sèches
Dont le parfum se mêle à des parfums de fruits.

- Ô buffet du vieux temps, tu sais bien des histoires,
Et tu voudrais conter tes contes, et tu bruis
Quand s'ouvrent lentement tes grandes portes noires.
Quand je vais poursuivant mes courses poétiques,
Je m'arrête surtout aux vieux châteaux gothiques.
J'aime leurs toits d'ardoise aux reflets bleus et gris,
Aux faîtes couronnés d'arbustes rabougris ;
Leurs pignons anguleux, leurs tourelles aiguës ;
Dans les réseaux de plomb leurs vitres exiguës,
Légendes des vieux temps où les preux et les saints
Se groupent sous l'ogive en fantasques dessins ;
Avec ses minarets moresques, la chapelle
Dont la cloche qui tinte à la prière appelle ;
J'aime leurs murs verdis par l'eau du ciel lavés,
Leurs cours où l'herbe croît à travers les pavés,
Au sommet des donjons leurs girouettes frêles
Que la blanche cigogne effleure de ses ailes ;
Leurs ponts-levis tremblants, leurs portails blasonnés,
De monstres, de griffons, bizarrement ornés ;
Leurs larges escaliers aux marches colossales,
Leurs corridors sans fin et leurs immenses salles,
Où, comme une voix faible, erre et gémit le vent,
Où, recueilli dans moi, je m'égare, rêvant,
Paré de souvenirs d'amour et de féerie,
Le brillant moyen-âge et la chevalerie.
Étoiles, qui d'en haut voyez valser les mondes,
Faites pleuvoir sur moi, de vos paupières blondes,
Vos pleurs de diamant ;
Lune, lis de la nuit, fleur du divin parterre,
Verse-moi tes rayons, ô blanche solitaire,
Du fond du firmament !

Oeil ouvert sans repos au milieu de l'espace,
Perce, soleil puissant, ce nuage qui passe !
Que je te voie encor ;
Aigles, vous qui fouettez le ciel à grands coups d'ailes,
Griffons au vol de feu, rapides hirondelles,
Prêtez-moi votre essor !

Vents, qui prenez aux fleurs leurs âmes parfumées
Et les aveux d'amour aux bouches bien-aimées ;
Air sauvage des monts,
Encor tout imprégné des senteurs du mélèze ;
Brise de l'Océan où l'on respire à l'aise,
Emplissez mes poumons !

Avril, pour m'y coucher, m'a fait un tapis d'herbe ;
Le lilas sur mon front s'épanouit en gerbe,
Nous sommes au printemps.
Prenez-moi dans vos bras, doux rêves du poète,
Entre vos seins polis posez ma pauvre tête
Et bercez-moi longtemps.

**** de moi, cauchemars, spectres des nuits ! Les roses,
Les femmes, les chansons, toutes les belles choses
Et tous les beaux amours,
Voilà ce qu'il me faut. Salut, ô muse antique,
Muse au frais laurier vert, à la blanche tunique,
Plus jeune tous les jours !

Brune aux yeux de lotus, blonde à paupière noire,
Ô Grecque de Milet, sur l'escabeau d'ivoire
Pose tes beaux pieds nus ;
Que d'un nectar vermeil la coupe se couronne !
Je bois à ta beauté d'abord, blanche Théone,
Puis aux dieux inconnus.

Ta gorge est plus lascive et plus souple que l'onde ;
Le lait n'est pas si pur et la pomme est moins ronde.
Allons, un beau baiser !
Hâtons-nous, hâtons-nous ! Notre vie, ô Théone,
Est un cheval ailé que le Temps éperonne,
Hâtons-nous d'en user.

Chantons Io, Péan !... Mais quelle est cette femme
Si pâle sous son voile ? Ah ! c'est toi, vieille infâme !
Je vois ton crâne ras ;
Je vois tes grands yeux creux, prostituée immonde,
Courtisane éternelle environnant le monde
Avec tes maigres bras !
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Le cheval
Je l'avais saisi par la bride ;
Je tirais, les poings dans les noeuds,
Ayant dans les sourcils la ride
De cet effort vertigineux.

C'était le grand cheval de gloire,
Né de la mer comme Astarté,
À qui l'aurore donne à boire
Dans les urnes de la clarté ;

L'alérion aux bonds sublimes,
Qui se cabre, immense, indompté,
Plein du hennissement des cimes,
Dans la bleue immortalité.

Tout génie, élevant sa coupe,
Dressant sa torche, au fond des cieux,
Superbe, a passé sur la croupe
De ce monstre mystérieux.

Les poètes et les prophètes,
Ô terre, tu les reconnais
Aux brûlures que leur ont faites
Les étoiles de son harnais.

Il souffle l'ode, l'épopée,
Le drame, les puissants effrois,
Hors des fourreaux les coups d'épée,
Les forfaits hors du coeur des rois.

Père de la source sereine,
Il fait du rocher ténébreux
Jaillir pour les Grecs Hippocrène
Et Raphidim pour les Hébreux.

Il traverse l'Apocalypse ;
Pâle, il a la mort sur son dos.
Sa grande aile brumeuse éclipse
La lune devant Ténédos.

Le cri d'Amos, l'humeur d'Achille
Gonfle sa narine et lui sied ;
La mesure du vers d'Eschyle,
C'est le battement de son pied.

Sur le fruit mort il penche l'arbre,
Les mères sur l'enfant tombé ;
Lugubre, il fait Rachel de marbre,
Il fait de pierre Niobé.

Quand il part, l'idée est sa cible ;
Quand il se dresse, crins au vent,
L'ouverture de l'impossible
Luit sous ses deux pieds de devant.

Il défie Éclair à la course ;
Il a le Pinde, il aime Endor ;
Fauve, il pourrait relayer l'Ourse
Qui traîne le Chariot d'or.

Il plonge au noir zénith ; il joue
Avec tout ce qu'on peut oser ;
Le zodiaque, énorme roue,
A failli parfois l'écraser.

Dieu fit le gouffre à son usage.
Il lui faut les cieux non frayés,
L'essor fou, l'ombre, et le passage
Au-dessus des pics foudroyés.

Dans les vastes brumes funèbres
Il vole, il plane ; il a l'amour
De se ruer dans les ténèbres
Jusqu'à ce qu'il trouve le jour.

Sa prunelle sauvage et forte
Fixe sur l'homme, atome nu,
L'effrayant regard qu'on rapporte
De ces courses dans l'inconnu.

Il n'est docile, il n'est propice
Qu'à celui qui, la lyre en main,
Le pousse dans le précipice,
Au-delà de l'esprit humain.

Son écurie, où vit la fée,
Veut un divin palefrenier ;
Le premier s'appelait Orphée ;
Et le dernier, André Chénier.

Il domine notre âme entière ;
Ézéchiel sous le palmier
L'attend, et c'est dans sa litière
Que Job prend son tas de fumier.

Malheur à celui qu'il étonne
Ou qui veut jouer avec lui !
Il ressemble au couchant d'automne
Dans son inexorable ennui.

Plus d'un sur son dos se déforme ;
Il hait le joug et le collier ;
Sa fonction est d'être énorme
Sans s'occuper du cavalier.

Sans patience et sans clémence,
Il laisse, en son vol effréné,
Derrière sa ruade immense
Malebranche désarçonné.

Son flanc ruisselant d'étincelles
Porte le reste du lien
Qu'ont tâché de lui mettre aux ailes
Despréaux et Quintilien.

Pensif, j'entraînais **** des crimes,
Des dieux, des rois, de la douleur,
Ce sombre cheval des abîmes
Vers le pré de l'idylle en fleur.

Je le tirais vers la prairie
Où l'aube, qui vient s'y poser,
Fait naître l'églogue attendrie
Entre le rire et le baiser.

C'est là que croît, dans la ravine
Où fuit Plaute, où Racan se plaît,
L'épigramme, cette aubépine,
Et ce trèfle, le triolet.

C'est là que l'abbé Chaulieu prêche,
Et que verdit sous les buissons
Toute cette herbe tendre et fraîche
Où Segrais cueille ses chansons.

Le cheval luttait ; ses prunelles,
Comme le glaive et l'yatagan,
Brillaient ; il secouait ses ailes
Avec des souffles d'ouragan.

Il voulait retourner au gouffre ;
Il reculait, prodigieux,
Ayant dans ses naseaux le soufre
Et l'âme du monde en ses yeux.

Il hennissait vers l'invisible ;
Il appelait l'ombre au secours ;
À ses appels le ciel terrible
Remuait des tonnerres sourds.

Les bacchantes heurtaient leurs cistres,
Les sphinx ouvraient leurs yeux profonds ;
On voyait, à leurs doigts sinistres,
S'allonger l'ongle des griffons.

Les constellations en flamme
Frissonnaient à son cri vivant
Comme dans la main d'une femme
Une lampe se courbe au vent.

Chaque fois que son aile sombre
Battait le vaste azur terni,
Tous les groupes d'astres de l'ombre
S'effarouchaient dans l'infini.

Moi, sans quitter la plate-longe,
Sans le lâcher, je lui montrais
Le pré charmant, couleur de songe,
Où le vers rit sous l'antre frais.

Je lui montrais le champ, l'ombrage,
Les gazons par juin attiédis ;
Je lui montrais le pâturage
Que nous appelons paradis.

- Que fais-tu là ? me dit Virgile.
Et je répondis, tout couvert
De l'écume du monstre agile :
- Maître, je mets Pégase au vert.
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Les bonzes
Que je prenne un moment de repos ? Impossible.
Koran, Zend-Avesta, livres sibyllins, Bible,
Talmud, Toldos Jeschut, Védas, lois de Manou,
Brahmes sanglants, santons fléchissant le genou,
Les contes, les romans, les terreurs, les croyances,
Les superstitions fouillant les consciences,
Puis-je ne pas sentir ces creusements profonds ?
J'en ai ma part. Veaux d'or, sphinx, chimères, griffons,
Les princes des démons et les princes des prêtres,
Synodes, sanhédrins, vils muphtis, scribes traîtres,
Ceux qui des empereurs bénissaient les soldats,
Ceux que payait Tibère et qui payaient Judas,
Ceux qui tendraient encore à Socrate le verre,
Ceux qui redonneraient à Jésus le calvaire,
Tous ces sadducéens, tous ces pharisiens,
Ces anges, que Satan reconnaît pour les siens,
Tout cela, c'est partout. C'est la puissance obscure.

Plaie énorme que fait une abjecte piqûre !

Ce contre-sens : Dieu vrai, les dogmes faux ; cuisson
Du mensonge qui s'est glissé dans la raison !
Démangeaison saignante, incurable, éternelle,
Que sent l'homme en son âme et l'oiseau sous son aile !

Oh ! L'infâme travail ! Ici Mahomet ; là
Cette tête, Wesley, sur ce corps, Loyola ;
Cisneros et Calvin, dont on sent les brûlures.
Ô faux révélateurs ! Ô jongleurs ! Vos allures
Sont louches, et vos pas sont tortueux ; l'effroi,
Et non l'amour, tel est le fond de votre loi ;
Vous faites grimacer l'éternelle figure ;
Vous naissez du sépulcre, et l'on sent que l'augure
Et le devin son pleins de l'ombre du tombeau,
Et que tous ces rêveurs, compagnons du corbeau,
Tous ces fakirs d'Ombos, de Stamboul et de Rome,
N'ont pu faire tomber tant de fables sur l'homme
Qu'en secouant les plis sinistres des linceuls.
Dieu n'étant aperçu que par les astres seuls,
Les penseurs, sachant bien qu'il est là sous ses voiles,
Ont toujours conseillé d'en croire les étoiles ;
Dieu, c'est un lieu fermé dont l'aurore a la clé,
Et la religion, c'est le ciel contemplé.

Mais vous ne voulez pas, prêtres, de cette église.
Vous voulez que la terre en votre livre lise
Tous vos songes, moloch, Vénus, Ève, Astarté,
Au lieu de lire au front des cieux la vérité.
De là la foi changée en crédulité ; l'âme
Éclipsant la raison dans une sombre flamme ;
De là tant d'êtres noirs serpentant dans la nuit.

L'imposture, par qui le vrai temple est détruit,
Est un colosse fait d'un amas de pygmées ;
Les sauterelles sont d'effrayantes armées ;
Ô mages grecs, romains, payens, indous, hébreux,
Le genre humain, couvert de rongeurs ténébreux,
Sent s'élargir sur lui vos hordes invisibles ;
Vous lui faites rêver tous les enfers possibles ;
Le peuple infortuné voit dans son cauchemar
Surgir Torquemada quand disparaît Omar.
Nul répit. Vous aimez les ténèbres utiles,
Et vous y rôdez, vils et vainqueurs, ô reptiles !
Sur toute cette terre, en tous lieux, dans les bois,
Dans le lit nuptial, dans l'alcôve des rois,
Dans les champs, sous l'autel sacré, dans la cellule,
Ce qui se traîne, couve, éclôt, va, vient, pullule,
C'est vous. Vous voulez tout, vous savez tout ; damner,
Bénir, prendre, jurer, tromper, servir, régner,
Briller même ; ramper n'empêche pas de luire.
Chuchotement hideux ! Je vous entends bruire.
Vous mangez votre proie énorme avec bonheur,
Et vous vous appelez entre vous monseigneur.
L'acarus au ciron doit donner de l'altesse.
Quelles que soient votre ombre et votre petitesse,
Je devine, malgré vos soins pour vous cacher,
Que vous êtes sur nous, et je vous sens marcher
Comme on sent remuer les mineurs dans la mine,
Et je ne puis dormir, tant je hais la vermine !
Vous êtes ce qui hait, ce qui mord, ce qui ment.
Vous êtes l'implacable et noir fourmillement.
Vous êtes ce prodige affreux, l'insaisissable.
Qu'on suppose vivants tous les vils grains de sable,
Ce sera vous. Rien, tout. Zéro, des millions.
L'horreur. Moins que des vers et plus que des lions.
L'insecte formidable. Ô monstrueux contraste !
Pas de nains plus chétifs, pas de pouvoir plus vaste.
L'univers est à vous, puisque vous l'emplissez.
Vous possédez les jours futurs, les jours passés,
Le temps, l'éternité, le sommeil, l'insomnie.
Vous êtes l'innombrable, et, dans l'ombre infinie,
Fétides, sur nos peaux mêlant vos petits pas,
Vous vous multipliez ; et je ne comprends pas
Dans quel but Dieu livra les empires, le monde,
Les âmes, les enfants dressant leur tête blonde,
Les temples, les foyers, les vierges, les époux,
L'homme, à l'épouvantable immensité des poux.

Le 26 juillet 1874.

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